Improvement in horseshoes



L'J'NITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.

or J. r. TOEBERT,

IMPROVEMENT I OF SAME PLACE.

N HORSESHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 59,725, dated November 13, 1866.

To all whomdt 'may concern:

Be it known that I, JosEPH I. PEYToN, of Washington city, in the District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horseshoes; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in whichy Figure 1 represents a plan view of one modiication of my invention; Fig. 2, a vertical section through Fig. 1 5 Fig. 3, a second modication; Fig. 4, avertical section through Fig. 3, showing a mode of fastening the clamp to the main plate by clips projecting upon the inner and outer surfaces of the plate, that portion of the bar or block which enters the groove in the main plate being shown as narrowed at this point, and the sides of the plate correspondingly thickened to allow sufficient hold for the screws which fasten the clips in place, Fig. 5, a third modification; Fig. 6, a vertical section through Fig. 5; Fig. 7, a top view of one of the parts of Fig. 1; Fig. 8, a separate section of Figs. 5 and 6. Fig. 9 represents a mode of fastening by screws alone; Fig. 10, a vertical section, showing a moditication of the clamp; Fig. 11, a plan view of a further modification, showing a different mode of securing the blocks in place Fig. 12, a section through Fig. 11; Fig. 13, details, showing the mode of connection; Fig. 14, a

v further modiiicatiomshowing a different mode of securing the bar in place; Fig. 15, a section through Fig. 14; and Fig. 16, details, showing the connection between the bar and shoe in Fig. 14.

It is the object of my invention to secure the shoe rigidly to the hoof and leave its under surface elastic, with its bearing portions removable without displacing the shoe; and

. to this end my invention consists in grooving the under side of the shoe to insert strips or sheets ot india-rubber to give an elastic tread, and upon the rubber a metallic block or blocks to constitute the wearing-surface of the shoe, and so securing the blocks or bar and rubber in position by a clamp or screws as that both shall be held in'place, or be removable without displacing the shoe from the hoof.

rlhe body or plate of my shoe may be cast of steel or of iron, and rendered malleable, or it may be formed of wrought-iron by forging aud'swaging, and may be fastened to the hoof by nails, flanges, bands, or clamps 5 and the other portions oi'm y shoe may be made of any kind of suitable metal.

In the drawings, I have shown my invention applied to shoes fastened to the hoof by nails, because this mode of fastening is in most general use.

I form the body or plate A of the shoe of 'the usual shape to lit the hoof of the horse, and grooved from the inside of the nail-heads to near the inner side of the shoe, (one groove being shown open at O, Fig. 1,) to receive three metallic blocks, B C D, with a strip of indiarubber, E, beneath each block, leaving transverse bridges F and Gr between the grooves.

The blocks B C D are made with shoulders Hfor a portion of their height to iit the grooves neatly, but free to have vertical movement therein, the outer portion, l, of the blocks being raised'above the under surface of the shoe to constitute its wearingsurface, and this surface may be roughened, as D, or grooved, as B, for traveling on smooth surfaces. y

Clamps K are made to fit neatly around the projecting portion I ot the blocks, but so as to permit them a slight vertical motion within the clamps; and these clamps are fastened at suitable intervals to the plate or body of the shoe by screws 1 and 2, and thus the clamps, resting on the shoulders H, hold the blocks securely in the grooves. N ow, it is manifest that when the shoe, thus finished, is properly fastened to the foot of the horse his weight will compress the blocks B C D upon the rubber E, between them and the bottom of the grooves O, and that when his foot is raised the expansion of the rubber will push the blocks back until the shoulders lil strike against the clamps K, which hold the blocks in the groove, and thus secure an elastic tread for the horse. These blocks, when worn, can be removed simply by unscrewing the clamps, and new ones inserted without removing the shoe from the hoof.

Instead of separate blocks the shoe may be formed with a continuous groove, as in Fig. 3, and this groove may be iitted with a continuous projecting curved bar, L, which can be secured by a clamp, as in Fig. 1, screwed to the body of the shoe or the outside wearing portion of the bar L may be passed over the nail-heads, as in Fig. 10, to give this bar a wide bearing-surface, and its clamp may pass over a projection on its inner curved side, or on both sides, while the clamp is held in place by screws M and N entering from one or both edges of the plate, and when made in this way the rubber will also be continuous beneath the bar, or between it and the bottom of the groove.

A varied mode of construction is shown in Figs. 5 and 6, where a toe, P, and calks Q and Q' are shown upon the continuous bar resting on the rubber in a continuous groove around the shoe from heel to heel. In this example the clamp R is formed to be fastened back of the heels of the shoe and in front and rear of the toe by screws passing horizontally into the plate,'while the edges of the clamp turn above the shoulders on the bar and prevent its es cape from the groove, while leaving it free to move vertically as the rubber is compressed.

Fig. 9 exhibits a mode of securin g the bar iu the groove while leaving it a slight vertical movement; and this consists in entering the screws through the inner walls of the shoe, or through both the inner and outer walls, with their points passing into or through slots in the continuous bar or blocks, as shown in the drawings.

A further modification of the clamp is shown in Fig. 10, where the bar is recessed and the edge of the clamp held in the recess by screwing the clamp irmly to the inside wall of the shoe.

A further modication of my mode of fastening the blocks or bar in the shoe is shown in Sheet 2 of the drawings.

In Fig. 11 the blocks 1, 2, and 3 may have projecting ledges a a a. (Seen in Fig. 13.) The heels of blocks 1 and 2 may rest under and be held by lips b b b turnedat the heel of the body of the shoe, while their opposite ends with ledges pass down close to the bridges G,

and are held in place securely by the caps c c c screwed irmly to the bridges G, the block 3 being held on its ledges by the caps and ledges at each end.

To hold the barLin place the heels, as shown in Fig. 14, may be formed with ledges e e, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 15 and in section in Fig. 16,) and these ledges may be slipped into the recesses in the body of the shoe until the bar L can be pressed into its groove and fastened at any points desired by clips f, and screws passing into the inner edge of the shoe to hold them in place, the clips f being hooked or bent at a right angle at their upper edges, and passing into recesses gin the face of the bar. v

Other modes might obviously be employed to hold the blocks or bar in place without departing from the spirit of my invention.

It is obvious that springs of various material and form might be placed between the blocks and bottom of the grooves; but I prefer rubber, because its form is very proper, it is durable, cheap, and easily replaced when worn.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Securing india-rubber or its equivalent and the wearing portion of the shoe in a groove in the main plate, substantially as described.

. 2. Gonstructin g a horseshoe substantially in the manner described, for the purpose of rendering the shoe elastic, and removing or replacing the wearing-surface, without removing the shoe from the foot of the horse.

3. The combination of the shoe with the.

rubber, the yielding blocks or bar, and the screws, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

JOS. I. PEYTON.

Witnesses EDM. F. BROWN, THEoDoRE LANG. 

